Now according to sources from Cantech Letter, RIM will show 3,000 of its staff the door on August 13, as the Canadian firms looks to get the layoffs out of the way before the end of the month.

Update: RIM has already confirmed that it will be "reducing its global workforce by approximately 5,000 over the course of the remaining fiscal year" as the firm "looks at new opportunities for the business and continues to invest in key programmes including BlackBerry 10, customer support and BlackBerry service levels" - so it will come as no surprise to staff that 3,000 will be moved on.

High profile leavers

We've already seen some high-profile figures leave RIM in recent times, with Mike Lazardis and Jim Balsillie resigning as co-CEOs in January (although Lazardis is still with the firm), and then the Chief Legal Officer walking out at the end of May.

And we can now add another name to the list, with TAT (The Astonishing Tribe) founder Hampus Jakobsson, leaving the company to pursue other projects.